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1、1Sophies World=书名：SOPHIES WORLD 作家：乔斯坦贾德个人研习，不得商业使用收集：西葡萄网站：=SOPHIES WORLD BY JOSTIEN GAARDER*Reviews:More praise for the international bestseller that has become “Europes oddball（奇葩） literary sensation（轰动） of the decade“ - New York Newsday2“A page-turner.“ - Entertainment Weekly“First, think of a b

2、eginners guide to philosophy, written by a schoolteacher . Next, imagine a fantasy novel- something like a modern-day version of Through the Looking Glass. Meld these disparate （根本不同的）genres, and what do you get? Well, what you get is an improbable international bestseller . a runaway hit. a tour de

3、force.“ - Time“Compelling.“ -Los Angeles Times“Its depth of learning, its intelligence and its totally original conception give it enormous magnetic appeal . To be fully human, and to feel our continuity with 3,000 years of philosophical inquiry, we need to put ourselves in Sophies world.“ - Boston

4、Sunday Globe “Involving and often humorous.“ - USA Today“In the adroit（灵巧的） hands of Jostein Gaarder, the whole sweep of three millennia of Western philosophy is rendered as lively as a gossip column . Literary sorcery of the first rank.“ - Fort Worth Star-Telegram3“A comprehensive history of Wester

5、n philosophy as recounted（讲述某事） to a 14-year-old Norwegian schoolgirl. The book will serve as a first-rate introduction to anyone who never took an introductory philosophy course, and as a pleasant refresher for those who have and have forgotten most of it. Sophies mother is a marvelous comic foil（陪

6、衬）.“ - Newsweek“Terrifically entertaining and imaginative . Ill read Sophies World again.“ - Daily Mail“What is admirable in the novel is the utter unpretentious-ness（不装腔作势） of the philosophical lessons, the plain and workmanlike prose which manages to deliver Western philosophy in accounts that are

7、 crystal clear. It is heartening to know that a book subtitled “A Novel About the History of Philosophy was not only a bestseller in France, but for a while Europes hottest novel.“ - The Washington Post Book World“A rare bird indeed, a short history of Western philosophical thought from Socrates(苏格拉

8、底) to Sartre, coyly embedded in the wrapping of a suspense（悬念） novel.“ - New York Newsday“A simply wonderful, irresistible book . a cross between Bertrand 4Russells History of Western Philosophy and Alice in Wonderland.“ - The Daily Telegraph“An exciting trek(艰苦跋涉) into, the realm of thought, from t

9、he ancient philosophers school of Athens to the Konigsberg of Kant. and a brilliant success.“ - Der Spiegel “Intelligently written. an enchanting way to learn philosophy.“ - Baton Rouge Magazine“Just as remarkable for its playful premise（前提） as it is for its accessibility . The essential charm of So

10、phies World lies in the innocent curiosity of the young character, and the clever narrative structure Gaarder designed to pique it.“ - Columbus Dispatch“An extraordinary writer.“ - Madeleine LEngle Sophies World5A Novel about the History of PhilosophyJOSTEIN GAARDERTranslated by Paulette MillerBERKL

11、EY BOOKS, NEW YORKIf you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed“ to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this “stripped book.“SOPHIES WORLDA Berkley Book / pu

12、blished by arrangement with Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Inc.PRINTING HISTORY6Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Inc., edition published 1994 Berkley edition / March 1996 All rights reserved.Originally published in Norwegian under the title Sofies verden, copyright c 1991 by H. Aschehoug it did not say who it

13、 was from. There was no stamp on it either.As soon as Sophie had closed the gate behind her she opened the 10envelope. It contained only a slip of paper no bigger than the envelope. It read: Who are you?Nothing else, only the three words, written by hand, and followed by a large question mark.She lo

14、oked at the envelope again. The letter was definitely for her. Who could have dropped it in the mailbox?Sophie let herself quickly into the red house. As always, her cat Sherekan managed to slink （偷偷溜走）out of the bushes, jump onto the front step, and slip in through the door before she closed it beh

15、ind her.Whenever Sophies mother was in a bad mood, she would call the house they lived in a menagerie. A menagerie was a collection of animals. Sophie certainly had one and was quite happy with it. It had begun with the three goldfish, Goldtop, Red Ridinghood, and Black Jack. Next she got two budgerigars called Smitt and Smule, then Govinda the tortoise（乌龟）, and finally the marmalade （果子酱）cat Sherekan. They had all been given to her to make up for the fact that her mother never got home from work until late in the afternoon and her father was away so much, sailing all over the world.